Yes, that does make sense to me because, in one way I knew that these herbs were helping me but on another level it was like my body was too toxic to take it... a bit the way I am feeling with the MMS at the moment. The Chinese Herbs seemed to flare everything up and I had loads of heat in my face...really red and acne...am 43. I think that the best way of taking chinese herbs is to find a herbalist who really knows what they are doing who can cutsomise the herbs to suit the individua, having said that I can not afford to do that myself at the moment, so I know it's difficult.